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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Jumping the Broom is Fourth So Far at the Box Office
Jumping the Broom is fourth so far….click to read.
Survey: Black Women More Likely to be Single Than Any Other Group
A new census bureau survey said that black women are the least likely of all ethnic groups to jump the broom. Why is that?
Friday, May 6, 2011
Friday Flash Feature: Denise Bolds Teaches Single Black Moms How to Raise Their Sons
Leslie DeTouche, Your Black World
Many single black moms are not sure how to raise their boys. Well, Denise Bolds has some solutions that work.
“Jumping the Broom”: Just a Classier Version of Madea
"Jumping the Broom" is like a Tyler Perry movie with polish.
The ensemble comedy is about a wedding involving a bride from a family of wealthy African-American professionals and a groom from a family of working-class Brooklynites. It is well-cast, well-played and passably written.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Teen Joblessness, Violence Expected to Hit Record Highs This Summer Due to Cuts in Federal Funding
CHICAGO, Reuters — A record-low one in four U.S. teenagers will land a summer job in the coming months as a result of a still-poor job market and lost federal funding, according to a report issued on Monday.
As a consequence, urban studies experts said cities like Chicago — where summer unemployment among African-Americans aged 16 to 19 years approaches 90 percent — could experience a rise in street violence.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Black Unemployment More than Double Whites for Michigan Residents
Your Black World reports
A recent report by the Economic Policy Institute has revealed that the economic situation for African Americans is disproportionately bad for the state of Michigan. According to the report, African Americans in Michigan have had an unemployment rate above 20 percent for every quarter since the start of 2009. Their 2010 annual unemployment rate was 23.4%. White Michigan residents currently enjoy an unemployment rate of only 9.5% for last quarter.
The conditions are so bad that the lowest black unemployment rate since 2008 (12.2%) is only slightly lower than the highest unemployment conditions experienced by whites in Michigan (12.7%). So, their terrible times are our good times and our horrible times don’t get attention from political leaders whatsoever.
Perhaps we don’t live in a post-racial America after all, since the unemployment picture is clearly different for blacks and whites.
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